Blue Shirt Banter

With first place in their reach, the Rangers hosted the Florida Panthers for their final meeting of the regular season. The Rangers have won close to 50 games already this season but none of those included their first two meetings with the Panthers. Looking to avoid the season sweep, the Rangers would be in for a high intensity, physical night with a strong Florida team. Only … [Read more...] about Recap: Rangers Back On Top After Shootout Win Over Florida 

Here are today’s news and links: Rangers News: Highlights: NYR 5, BOS 2 (5:03 video via NHL.com) Game Recap: Artemiy Panarin’s magical season continued in Boston as he recorded a hat trick to help the Rangers complete a season series sweep of the Bruins (CBS Sports) Larry Brooks notes that even if the Rangers end up ceding the top spot in the Metropolitan Division to the … [Read more...] about Bantering Points: 3/22/24

Looking for a bounceback win after their loss to Winnipeg, the Rangers took on the Boston Bruins for their third and final regular season meeting. Plenty to talk about going into this one as Massachusetts Native Peter Laviolette was set to coach his 1,500 NHL game and Jonathan Quick looked to tie Ryan Miller on the all-time wins list by American born goaltenders. Matt Rempe … [Read more...] about Recap: Rangers Sweep Season Series With Boston 

Today the New York Rangers announced the signing of prospect Jaroslav Chmelar to a three-year entry-level contract. Per the team release: The interesting thing about this move is that Chmelar could have remained in school, but the organization feels his development is best served by joining the Wolf Pack. Chmelar was picked in the fifth round, 144th overall, at 2021 NHL Entry … [Read more...] about Rangers Sign Jaroslav Chmelar to Entry-Level Deal

The Rangers last saw the Jets in their ninth game of the season which ended up being an overtime win thanks to a goal from Mika Zibanejad. That was practically a whole season ago and a lot has changed on either side of the ice as both team’s have become heavy favorites in their respective conferences. With two of the league’s best goaltenders and a lot of high end skill up and … [Read more...] about Recap: Rangers Cool Their Jets In Loss to Winnipeg